Another week, another picket. The fourth picket in four weeks, as a matter
of fact. Some things that happened, in no particular order:

Dan Bryenton was there again. He (thanks, Dan!!) showed us again that the
cult facade of being utterly terrified of picketers is exactly that, a
facade. He showed up, and snatched a flyer from the Unknown Picketer, and
tried to snatch one from me. He then hung around near the org for a while
staring at us picketers (like I didn't already know I was cute, hehe), and
then went and stood about three metres away from Keith Henson and stared
at him. Stared. As if Dan hasn't seen an SP before in his life.

Peter Ramsay was there, and tried a few words of the usual Scientology
intimidation on me. I turned my back on him (I know, probably a bad move
with this one) and he didn't bother me again.

The police were called, probably by Mario, the Dianetics franchise holder
(I refuse to call them missions, they were and are operating as
franchises), who was on the phone for a while. This time it was two police
officers, arriving separately in cars. One police officer talked to Gregg,
and the other officer got names and addresses of picketers (I offered him
my email as well, he didn't want it). The one who took my name asked if
this was the extent of it, and I said signs, leaflets, Gregg with his
voice, and then pointed out Keith Henson down the block.

When the police officers got out of their cars to go to the org, I asked
the older one why we only got two police officers this time (six came in
response to the last cult whinge, two weeks ago). I worded it something
like, "aren't we as terrifying this time?", and I could almost swear that
the police officer rolled his eyes at me. Then he said that whenever there
was a complaint they had to investigate, and the two of them went into the
org. It strikes me that what the cult would really like is to complain
about suppressive persons promulgating entheta, but this is the real world
and they have to stick to groundless complaints about disturbance and
harrassment.

I met Arel Lucas, Keith Henson's wife. They make a very cute couple, and
Arel is so very obviously concerned for her husband's well-being, what
with this vicious cult out to get him and all. Arel and Keith snuggled in
the coffee shop before the picket, and then Arel picketed for a while in
front of the org before Nan appeared. Another thing that the cult has to
answer for, is keeping the Keith/Arel loving couple apart.

Nan showed up, and hugged all us SP's, and smiled a big smile at our signs
and leaflets. She got shown off to a couple of passers-by, but Nan can't
actually talk about Scientology due to a past legal settlement with the
cult (a settlement that only occurred after twenty years of cult
harrassment of Nan, who was *the* Scientology critic in Ontario in the
1970's). Then Nan and Arel went off to do something awfully suppressive
(like, say, persuade people not to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of
dollars on Scientology).

After the picket we went and had a loud argument in the non-smoking room
of the Artful Dodger, about various suppressive things. We had a grand old
time snickering at the mocked-up victimhood of the Scientologists - they
aren't very good at it.

We also suspect that we were followed leaving the org's neighbourhood in
Gregg's car. The *same car* followed us from the parking lot, to a
lane-by-lane thing on the highway. However, if we were being followed, we
lost them at a highway exit in Mississauga. (Hint to cult: Don't follow
critics home. It makes you look weird and spiteful and crooked.)

Here's to winter holding off, so we can extend the picket season as long
as possible.

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